Electra
by Carson, Anne, Shaw, Michael Hearne, Sophocles
fromGreek tragedy in new translations
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Type: Book
"Electra recounts the murders of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus by Clytemnestra's son Orestes, to avenge their murder of his father Agamemnon, commander of the Greeks at Troy, upon his return home. Sophocles' version is presented from the viewpoint of Electra, Orestes' sister, who l…